Nirmala Sitharaman to make history with ninth consecutive budget

National desk:

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present a record ninth consecutive Budget on February 1, which is expected to contain reform measures aimed at shoring up economic growth amid a volatile geopolitical situation.

This will take Ms. Sitharaman closer to the record of 10 Budgets that were presented by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai over different time periods. Desai presented a total of 6 budgets during his tenure as Finance Minister in 1959-1964, and 4 Budgets between 1967-1969.

Former Finance Ministers P Chidambaram and Pranab Mukherjee had presented nine and eight Budgets, respectively, under different Prime Ministers.